com.vmware.esx.hcl package

Submodules

com.vmware.esx.hcl.hosts_client module

class com.vmware.esx.hcl.hosts_client.CompatibilityReleases(config)

Bases: vmware.vapi.bindings.stub.VapiInterface

This class provides methods to list available releases for generating compatibility report for a specific ESXi host.

Parameters

config (vmware.vapi.bindings.stub.StubConfiguration) – Configuration to be used for creating the stub.

class EsxiCompatibilityReleases(current_compatibility_release=None, newer_compatibility_releases=None, notifications=None)

Bases: vmware.vapi.bindings.struct.VapiStruct

This CompatibilityReleases.EsxiCompatibilityReleases class contains attributes that describe available releases for generating compatibility report for a specific ESXi host.

Tip

The arguments are used to initialize data attributes with the same names.

Parameters

• current_compatibility_release (str) –

  The current release of the ESXi, which also can be checked for compatibility.

  The information for the release does not include patch information.

• newer_compatibility_releases (list of str) – The available ESXi releases, greater than the current one, than can be checked for compatibility.

• notifications (com.vmware.esx.hcl_client.Notifications) – Notifications returned by the operation.

list(host)

Lists the locally available ESXi releases for a given host that can be used to generate a compatiblity report. Each host has its own list of supported releases depending on its current release.

Parameters

host (str) – Contains the MoID identifying the ESXi host. The parameter must be an identifier for the resource type: HostSystem.

Return type

CompatibilityReleases.EsxiCompatibilityReleases

Returns

Available releases for compatibility for a specified host.

Raise

com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.InternalServerError If there is some internal error. The accompanying error message will give more details about the failure.

Raise

com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.NotAllowedInCurrentState if there is no compatibility data on the vCenter executing the operation.

Raise

com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.NotFound if no host with the given MoID can be found.

Raise

com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Unauthenticated if the caller is not authenticated.

Raise

com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Unsupported if the provided host is not supported.

Raise

com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ResourceInaccessible if the vCenter this API is executed on is not part of the Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP).

Raise

com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error If there is some unknown error. The accompanying error message will give more details about the failure.

Raise

com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Unauthorized if you do not have all of the privileges described as follows:

• Method execution requires VcIntegrity.HardwareCompatibility.Read.

class com.vmware.esx.hcl.hosts_client.CompatibilityReport(config)

Bases: vmware.vapi.bindings.stub.VapiInterface

This class provides methods to generate hardware compatibility report for a given ESXi host against a specific ESXi release.

Parameters

config (vmware.vapi.bindings.stub.StubConfiguration) – Configuration to be used for creating the stub.

class BiosConstraint(bios=None, notes=None)

Bases: vmware.vapi.bindings.struct.VapiStruct

This CompatibilityReport.BiosConstraint class contains attributes that describe the BIOS that is supported for the given server and ESXi release.

Tip

The arguments are used to initialize data attributes with the same names.

Parameters

• bios (com.vmware.esx.hcl_client.Firmware) – The BIOS information about the constraint.

• notes (list of com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage) – Any information that should be taken into account when reviewing the BIOS constraint.

class DeviceConstraint(driver=None, firmware=None, notes=None)

Bases: vmware.vapi.bindings.struct.VapiStruct

This CompatibilityReport.DeviceConstraint class contains attributes that describe pair of driver and firmware that are supported for a given PCI device and ESXi release.

Tip

The arguments are used to initialize data attributes with the same names.

Parameters

• driver (com.vmware.esx.hcl_client.Driver) – The driver information about the constraint.

• firmware (com.vmware.esx.hcl_client.Firmware or None) – The firmware information about the constraint. If None there is no firmware restriction on the driver to work with that release.

• notes (list of com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage) – Any information that should be taken into account when reviewing the device constraint.

class DeviceHclInfo(compatibility=None, device=None, device_constraints=None, supported_releases=None, vcg_link=None, notes=None)

Bases: vmware.vapi.bindings.struct.VapiStruct

This CompatibilityReport.DeviceHclInfo class contains attributes that describe a PCI device of a given ESXi host and its compatibility information.

If there are multiple PCI devices of the same type on the host each one will be listed in separate instance of this class.

Tip

The arguments are used to initialize data attributes with the same names.

Parameters

• compatibility (com.vmware.esx.hcl_client.CompatibilityStatus) – Indicates compatibility status of the PCI device.

• device (com.vmware.esx.hcl_client.PCIDevice) – Information about the PCI device.

• device_constraints (list of CompatibilityReport.DeviceConstraint or None) – Lists the constraints the target ESXi release has for this PCI device If None no constraints are present as PCI device is either not compatible or compatibility information is not found.

• supported_releases (list of str or None) – Provides information about supported releases for this device. If None device is compatible with the given target release.

• vcg_link (str or None) – Provides link to the VMware Compatibility Guide for further information on the compatibility. If None there is no VMware Compatibility link available as this is device used by VSAN.

• notes (list of com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage or None) – Information that needs to be taken into account when considering this device hcl. Only set if there is any information reported.

class HclReport(host=None, target_release=None, server_hcl=None, devices_hcl=None, generated_at=None, notifications=None)

Bases: vmware.vapi.bindings.struct.VapiStruct

This CompatibilityReport.HclReport represents the hardware compatibility report generated for a specific host and target ESXi release.

Tip

The arguments are used to initialize data attributes with the same names.

Parameters

• host (str) – FQDN identifying the ESXi host that the report refers to.

• target_release (str) – Indicates for which ESXi release the report is generated.

• server_hcl (CompatibilityReport.ServerHclInfo) – Lists compatibility information for the ESXi’s server part.

• devices_hcl (list of CompatibilityReport.DeviceHclInfo or None) – Lists compatibility information for discoverable PCI devices of the host. If None the server is not compatible with the requested release and the PCI devices cannot be checked.

• generated_at (datetime.datetime) – Specifies the time the report was generated.

• notifications (com.vmware.esx.hcl_client.Notifications) – Notifications returned by the operation.

class Result(report=None, identifier=None)

Bases: vmware.vapi.bindings.struct.VapiStruct

The CompatibilityReport.Result class contains the result of hardware compatibility report creation operation.

Tip

The arguments are used to initialize data attributes with the same names.

Parameters

• report (CompatibilityReport.HclReport) – The hardware compatibility report.

• identifier (str or None) –

  The identifier of the compatibility report.

  com.vmware.esx.hcl_client.Reports.get() provides location where a file based report based on the CompatibilityReport.HclReport can be downloaded using this identifier. When clients pass a value of this class as a parameter, the attribute must be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.esx.hcl.resources.CompatibilityReport. When methods return a value of this class as a return value, the attribute will be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.esx.hcl.resources.CompatibilityReport. None in case of error reported in CompatibilityReport.HclReport.notifications.

class ServerCompatibility(bios_constraints=None, cpu_series=None, supported_releases=None, vcg_link=None, notes=None)

Bases: vmware.vapi.bindings.struct.VapiStruct

This CompatibilityReport.ServerCompatibility class contains attributes that provide the compatibility information for a server model, cpu and BIOS.

Tip

The arguments are used to initialize data attributes with the same names.

Parameters

• bios_constraints (list of CompatibilityReport.BiosConstraint or None) – Lists the BIOS constraints that the target ESXi release has for this server. If None no constraints are present as server is either not compatible or compatibility information is not found.

• cpu_series (str) – The CPU series name.

• supported_releases (list of str or None) – Provides information about supported releases for this entry. If None server is compatible with the given target release.

• vcg_link (str) – Provides link to the VMware Compatibility Guide for further information on the compatibility.

• notes (list of com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage or None) – Information that needs to be taken into account when considering this server hardware compatibility. Only set if there is any information reported.

class ServerHclInfo(server=None, matches=None, model_compatibility=None)

Bases: vmware.vapi.bindings.struct.VapiStruct

This CompatibilityReport.ServerHclInfo class contains attributes that describe the server of a ESXi host and its compatibility information.

Tip

The arguments are used to initialize data attributes with the same names.

Parameters

• server (com.vmware.esx.hcl_client.Server) – Information about the server.

• matches (list of CompatibilityReport.ServerCompatibility) –

  Provides information about possible compatibility matches for the given server.

  There could be multiple matches returned as there are several possible matches in the Compatibility data.

• model_compatibility (com.vmware.esx.hcl_client.CompatibilityStatus) – Shows if the server model is compatible with given target ESXi release.

class Spec(release=None)

Bases: vmware.vapi.bindings.struct.VapiStruct

The CompatibilityReport.Spec class contains attributes to describe the input configuration for an ESXi’s compatibility report generation.

Tip

The arguments are used to initialize data attributes with the same names.

Parameters

release (str) – A target ESXi release which will be used to generate a compatibility report. Releases that can be used to generate report can be found using CompatibilityReleases.list()

create_task(host, spec=None)

Generates hardware compatibility report for a specified ESXi host against specific ESXi release.

The result of this operation can be queried by calling the cis/tasks/{task-id} where the task-id is the response of this operation.

Parameters

• host (str) – Contains the MoID identifying the ESXi host. The parameter must be an identifier for the resource type: HostSystem.

• spec (CompatibilityReport.Spec or None) – Specifies the input parameters for generating compatibility report. If None host compatibility will be checked against the current release of the ESXi.

Return type

class

vmware.vapi.stdlib.client.task.Task

Returns

Task instance

Raise

com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.NotFound if no host with the given MoID can be found.

Raise

com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Unauthenticated if the caller is not authenticated.

Raise

com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Unsupported if the provided host is not supported.

Raise

com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ResourceInaccessible if the vCenter this API is executed on is not part of the Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP).

Raise

com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.NotAllowedInCurrentState if there is no compatibility data on the vCenter executing the operation.

Raise

com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error If there is some unknown error. The accompanying error message will give more details about the failure.

get(host)

Returns the last generated hardware compatibility report for the given host.

Parameters

host (str) – The parameter must be an identifier for the resource type: HostSystem.

Return type

CompatibilityReport.Result

Returns

Raise

com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.NotFound if there is no report generated for the given host. This operation does not check if the host id is valid or it exists.

Raise

com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Unauthenticated if the caller is not authenticated.

Raise

com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ResourceInaccessible if the vCenter this API is executed on is not part of the Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP).

Raise

com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error If there is some unknown error. The accompanying error message will give more details about the failure.

Raise

com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Unauthorized if you do not have all of the privileges described as follows:

• Method execution requires VcIntegrity.HardwareCompatibility.Read.

class com.vmware.esx.hcl.hosts_client.StubFactory(stub_config)

Bases: vmware.vapi.bindings.stub.StubFactoryBase

Initialize StubFactoryBase

Parameters

stub_config (vmware.vapi.bindings.stub.StubConfiguration) – Stub config instance